Forced Labor Camp No. 1

Address: 1 2nd (Second) Krasnoprudnyi Lane, Moscow

Kalanchyovskaya (now Komsomolskaya) Square. Photo: PastVu

Kalanchyovskaya (now Komsomolskaya) Square. Photo: PastVu

This small concentration and forced labor camp was established in May 1920 on the Moscow—Kazan railway. Prisoners were ordered to build the railway and work at the railway station. Prisoners from other camps of Moscow were sentenced to work and live there temporarily as well.